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bruise

noun as in black and blue mark under skin

verb as in break blood vessel or beat up

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Ms Gardner said Gleason-Mitchell told her she had not contacted the authorities out of fear she would "get done" because of the bruising on Isabella.

From BBC

The body of a journalist bore signs of torture, he said, adding: "His arm was broken, and his leg too, he also had a lot of bruises."

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I'm not going to go away worrying about people's bruised egos.

From BBC

He later went to hospital to be treated for bruising.

From BBC

The Lakers, though, are on track for Austin Reaves to make his return after missing five games with a pelvic bruise, the result of a hard fall in the Lakers’ loss to Oklahoma City.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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